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UPDATE: Studies in English (Turkey) (1/15/06; 4/24/06-4/26/06)

updated: 
Tuesday, December 27, 2005 - 4:44pm
Mehmet Can Bas

Update:

The deadline for paper and panel proposals for "Studies in English" =
conference that will take place in Istanbul in April 24-26, 2006 has =
been extended to January 15, 2006.

Keynote speakers:

Adolphe Haberer (Universit=E9 Lumi=E8re-Lyon 2)
Ad Neeleman (University College London)
Jale Parla (Istanbul Bilgi University)
Gerard Steen (Urije Universiteit, Amsterdam)
Stephanos Stephanides (University of Cyprus)
Marina Warner

CFP: (dis)junctions: General Topic (grad) (2/1/06; 4/7/06-4/8/06)

updated: 
Tuesday, December 27, 2005 - 4:44pm
Sharon Tohline

  Call for Papers: general topic, humanities and social sciences
University of California Riverside's 13th annual humanities conference
(dis)junctions 2006: lost in translation
April 7-8, 2006
deadline for abstracts: February 1
  http://english.ucr.edu/gsea/disjunctions
  
 
  Graduate students of the University of California, Riverside, are seeking papers for their 13th annual humanities conference, (dis)junctions. We are interested in papers on nearly any topic, and this year we are particularly interested in papers that span more than one discipline between the humanities and social sciences. Some sample topic include

UPDATE: War and the West (1/15/06; 3/30/06-4/1/06)

updated: 
Tuesday, December 27, 2005 - 4:44pm
Matt Evertson

JUST ANNOUNCED: Keynote Address will be by the honorable Senator GEORGE=20=

MCGOVERN.

War and the West
17th Annual Mari Sandoz Heritage Society Conference
March 30 to April 1, 2006
Mari Sandoz High Plains Heritage Center
Chadron State College
Chadron, Nebraska

Taking inspiration from our theme book for the 2006 conference, The=20
Tom-Walker, the
Mari Sandoz Heritage Society invites proposals for individual papers or=20=

panel
presentations related to the subject of "War and the West,"=20
particularly the treatment or depiction of soldiers departing from=20
rural areas=97from the "heartland" of America, so to speak=97to fight in=20=

UPDATE: War and the West (1/15/06; 3/30/06-4/1/06)

updated: 
Tuesday, December 27, 2005 - 4:44pm
Matt Evertson

JUST ANNOUNCED: Keynote Address will be by the honorable Senator GEORGE=20=

MCGOVERN.

War and the West
17th Annual Mari Sandoz Heritage Society Conference
March 30 to April 1, 2006
Mari Sandoz High Plains Heritage Center
Chadron State College
Chadron, Nebraska

Taking inspiration from our theme book for the 2006 conference, The=20
Tom-Walker, the
Mari Sandoz Heritage Society invites proposals for individual papers or=20=

panel
presentations related to the subject of "War and the West,"=20
particularly the treatment or depiction of soldiers departing from=20
rural areas=97from the "heartland" of America, so to speak=97to fight in=20=

CFP: EGAD Panels (3/18/06; 3/31/06)

updated: 
Tuesday, December 27, 2005 - 4:44pm
Josuechi_at_aol.com

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CALL FOR PAPERS- EGAD Panels

DaVinci to Derrida: Breaking Codes Across Disciplines
***Open to faculty, graduates, and undergraduates***
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
EGAD
(English Graduates for Academic Development)
15th Annual Interdisciplinary Symposium
Texas A&M University-Commerce
March 31, 2006

CFP: EGAD Panels (3/18/06; 3/31/06)

updated: 
Tuesday, December 27, 2005 - 4:44pm
Josuechi_at_aol.com

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
CALL FOR PAPERS- EGAD Panels

DaVinci to Derrida: Breaking Codes Across Disciplines
***Open to faculty, graduates, and undergraduates***
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
EGAD
(English Graduates for Academic Development)
15th Annual Interdisciplinary Symposium
Texas A&M University-Commerce
March 31, 2006

CFP: Melville and the Book (1/20/06; ALA, 5/25/06-5/28/06)

updated: 
Tuesday, December 27, 2005 - 4:44pm
Brown, Matthew P

SHARP at the ALA: Melville and the Book

Society for the History of Authorship, Reading, and Publishing (SHARP)
American Literature Association Conference
May 25-28, 2006
Hyatt Regency San Francisco in Embarcadero Center

CFP: Melville and the Book (1/20/06; ALA, 5/25/06-5/28/06)

updated: 
Tuesday, December 27, 2005 - 4:44pm
Brown, Matthew P

SHARP at the ALA: Melville and the Book

Society for the History of Authorship, Reading, and Publishing (SHARP)
American Literature Association Conference
May 25-28, 2006
Hyatt Regency San Francisco in Embarcadero Center

CFP: Genderful Experiences (grad) (UK) (2/15/06; 5/25/06-5/26/06)

updated: 
Tuesday, December 27, 2005 - 4:44pm
Vasuki Shanmuganathan

GENDERFUL EXPERIENCES
Conference Date: May 25/26, 2006
CALL FOR PAPERS
Deadline for Proposals: 15 February 2006

-We had the experience but missed the meaning.-
T. S. Eliot, Four Quartets (1941)

Experience is defined as a - direct participation or observation of
events - which results in a production of knowledge. This experience
can be encountered by an individual, community or nation.1

CFP: Genderful Experiences (grad) (UK) (2/15/06; 5/25/06-5/26/06)

updated: 
Tuesday, December 27, 2005 - 4:44pm
Vasuki Shanmuganathan

GENDERFUL EXPERIENCES
Conference Date: May 25/26, 2006
CALL FOR PAPERS
Deadline for Proposals: 15 February 2006

-We had the experience but missed the meaning.-
T. S. Eliot, Four Quartets (1941)

Experience is defined as a - direct participation or observation of
events - which results in a production of knowledge. This experience
can be encountered by an individual, community or nation.1

CFP: Genderful Experiences (grad) (UK) (2/15/06; 5/25/06-5/26/06)

updated: 
Tuesday, December 27, 2005 - 4:44pm
Vasuki Shanmuganathan

GENDERFUL EXPERIENCES
Conference Date: May 25/26, 2006
CALL FOR PAPERS
Deadline for Proposals: 15 February 2006

-We had the experience but missed the meaning.-
T. S. Eliot, Four Quartets (1941)

Experience is defined as a - direct participation or observation of
events - which results in a production of knowledge. This experience
can be encountered by an individual, community or nation.1

CFP: Genderful Experiences (grad) (UK) (2/15/06; 5/25/06-5/26/06)

updated: 
Tuesday, December 27, 2005 - 4:44pm
Vasuki Shanmuganathan

GENDERFUL EXPERIENCES
Conference Date: May 25/26, 2006
CALL FOR PAPERS
Deadline for Proposals: 15 February 2006

-We had the experience but missed the meaning.-
T. S. Eliot, Four Quartets (1941)

Experience is defined as a - direct participation or observation of
events - which results in a production of knowledge. This experience
can be encountered by an individual, community or nation.1

CFP: Genderful Experiences (grad) (UK) (2/15/06; 5/25/06-5/26/06)

updated: 
Tuesday, December 27, 2005 - 4:44pm
Vasuki Shanmuganathan

GENDERFUL EXPERIENCES
Conference Date: May 25/26, 2006
CALL FOR PAPERS
Deadline for Proposals: 15 February 2006

-We had the experience but missed the meaning.-
T. S. Eliot, Four Quartets (1941)

Experience is defined as a - direct participation or observation of
events - which results in a production of knowledge. This experience
can be encountered by an individual, community or nation.1

CFP: Advertising in Transnational Context (no deadline noted; ASA, 10/12/06-10/15/06)

updated: 
Tuesday, December 27, 2005 - 4:44pm
Kyla Wazana Tompkins

American Studies Association conference
October 12 - 15, 2006
Oakland, CA

Advertising in Transnational Context

In response to the ASA 2006 conference theme, we will propose a panel on
nineteenth-century advertising in its transnational contexts.

We are looking for papers dealing with issues such as:

CFP: Advertising in Transnational Context (no deadline noted; ASA, 10/12/06-10/15/06)

updated: 
Tuesday, December 27, 2005 - 4:44pm
Kyla Wazana Tompkins

American Studies Association conference
October 12 - 15, 2006
Oakland, CA

Advertising in Transnational Context

In response to the ASA 2006 conference theme, we will propose a panel on
nineteenth-century advertising in its transnational contexts.

We are looking for papers dealing with issues such as:

CFP: Advertising in Transnational Context (no deadline noted; ASA, 10/12/06-10/15/06)

updated: 
Tuesday, December 27, 2005 - 4:44pm
Kyla Wazana Tompkins

American Studies Association conference
October 12 - 15, 2006
Oakland, CA

Advertising in Transnational Context

In response to the ASA 2006 conference theme, we will propose a panel on
nineteenth-century advertising in its transnational contexts.

We are looking for papers dealing with issues such as:

CFP: Special Panel on Teaching Literature in the Community College (2/17/06; SCMLA, 10/26/06-10/28/06)

updated: 
Tuesday, December 27, 2005 - 4:44pm
DeVoll, Matthew W

 

"Teaching Literature in the Community College" is a special panel at the
2006 SCMLA conference in Fort Worth, TX. It invites papers that address
approaches to and methods of teaching literature in the community college.
Papers encouraged that consider of how literary studies best advance the
unique goals of the community college.

250-500 word abstracts due by February 17, 2006.

Please send them to Dr. Matt DeVoll by one of the following routes:

                Email: mdevoll_at_stlcc.edu <mailto:mdevoll_at_stlcc.edu>

                Fax: 314-951-9416

CFP: Robert Penn Warren's Nonfiction (3/1/06; SAMLA, 11/10/06-11/12/06)

updated: 
Tuesday, December 27, 2005 - 4:44pm
OVERALL, KERI

Biography, Criticism, Culture: Robert Penn Warren's Nonfiction Works

We invite proposals for papers addressing any and all of Robert Penn Warren's nonfiction works. Subjects may include but are not limited to Warren's biographical books, literary criticism articles, and cultural studies. Abstracts of approximately 100 to 250 words should be submitted by e-mail to Keri Overall at
keri.overall_at_tccd.edu <mailto:keri.overall_at_tccd.edu> by March 1, 2006.
 
In order for the proposal to be considered, include the following information:

 

CFP: Brown and the Bayou: Politics, Writing, and Borderlands in the Postrevolutionary Circumatlantic World (6/1/06; 11/2/06-11/4

updated: 
Tuesday, December 27, 2005 - 4:43pm
Goudie, Sean X

Brown and the Bayou: Politics, Writing, and Borderlands in the
Postrevolutionary Circumatlantic World

 

The Charles Brockden Brown Society invites submissions for its fifth
biennial international conference to be held at the Chateau LeMoyne Hotel in
New Orleans's famed French Quarter, November 2-4, 2006. Conference
organizers' determination of the conference site was in place prior to the
devastation suffered as a result of Hurricane Katrina. Their decision to
persist in these plans reflects not only a desire to extend commercial
support, no matter how small, for the region's rebuilding efforts and
"rebirth,"

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